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The [state / statehood] of Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas started a 72-hour ceasefire on Friday morning. The [hilt / halt] in hostilities was [engineered / engineering] by America's Secretary of State John Kerry and the U.N. Secretary-General Ban-ki Moon. The humanitarian [truce / trace] will give Palestinians time to restock on [basically / basic] supplies such as food and medicines. They also need to repair [powered / power] stations which have been put out [of / for] action during the fighting of the past three weeks. Israelis and Palestinians are [addition / also] to meet in Cairo, Egypt to talk about the possibility of a permanent truce between the two [sidings / sides] . They will talk about resolving the underlying differences that have caused [unrest / rest] for decades.

Hamas said it would abide by the [pause / paused] in fighting. Its spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said: "Acknowledging a call [for / by] the United Nations and in consideration [for / of] the situation of our people, [resistance / resistant] factions [agreed / agrees] to a 72-hour humanitarian and mutual calm…as long as the other side abides by it." He added: "All the Palestinian factions are united [beyond / behind] the issue." The day [prior / before] the ceasefire was announced, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country would continue to [destruct / destroy] the tunnels that have been dug under the Gaza-Israel border. John Kerry called the ceasefire "[precious / precocious] time." He said: "It is a moment for the different [frictions / factions] to be able to come together with the state of Israel."